beoir

beoir

See also: beóir

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲoːɾʲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish beóir, from Old Norse bjórr.

Noun

beoir f (genitive singular beorach, nominative plural beoracha)

1. beer
2. (colloquial, rare) a woman

Declension

Declension of beoir

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative beoir beoracha Vocative a bheoir a bheoracha Genitive beorach beoracha Dative beoir beoracha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bheoir na beoracha Genitive na beorach na mbeoracha Dative leis an mbeoir don bheoir leis na beoracha

Derived terms

• beoir bhairille
• beoir fréimhe
• beoir Lochlannach
• beoir Phrúiseach
• beoir shinséir
• teach beorach

 

Verb

beoir

1. (dialectal) second-person singular present indicative of beoigh (“animate”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beoir	bheoir	mbeoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “beoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “beóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• beior, in Béaloideas: the journal of the Folklore of Ireland Society, 1966, page 184.
• Entries containing “beoir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “beoir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.